经过新冠疫情的洗礼，伦敦的房地产市场不仅可以提供优质的投资资源，确保资产的增值，而且其抗风险能力更是非常强劲。在过去一年，伦敦在世界各大城市中脱颖而出，成为世界投资者向往的物业投资最佳城市。
Knight Frank 的最新报告显示，伦敦力压纽约和香港，成为2020年超级豪宅销售数量最多的城市，这亦使伦敦成为了当之无愧的全球领先的财富圣地。“超级豪宅”的定义是售价在1,000万美金（约730万英镑）以上的物业。伦敦在2020年的超级豪宅交易量比2019年增长了3％，已销售的超级豪宅数量达到201宗，平均出价1,860万美元，总价值超过了37亿美元（约27亿英镑）。排名之下，香港和纽约的交易量在2020年分别下降了27％和48％，排名第二的香港在2020年销售的超级豪宅数量为169宗。
上述可见，伦敦超级豪宅市场似乎并未受到疫情的影响，而且，由于脱欧已经尘埃落定，英国国内政治环境趋于稳定，再加上英镑的汇率优势，这些都增加了伦敦物业市场的吸引力。
London’s ‘super-prime’ luxury property market was world leader in 2020
London had the highest number of super-luxury home purchases of any city in the world during 2020, outperforming its traditional rivals of New York and Hong Kong.
According to the upmarket estate agency group Knight Frank, 201 “super-prime” homes – collectively worth more than $3.7bn (£2.7bn) – were bought in London last year, easily knocking Hong Kong into second place with 169 sales.
Analysing transaction data from 12 super-prime residential markets around the world, Knight Frank found that overall, global sales of super-prime homes – defined as properties costing $10m (£7.3m) and above – fell just 1% in 2020.
The tiny fall in sales compared with 2019 is remarkable given the temporary property market shutdowns and various travel restrictions that were in place around the world last year, it said.
Transactions in London rose by 3% in 2020, while in Hong Kong and New York they fell by 27% and 48% respectively, allowing the capital to leapfrog both into top spot from third last year. Domestic buyers accounted for a third of all activity in London’s super-prime market, up from 12% a year earlier. European buyers were also more prevalent owing to the relative ease with which they could reach the city.
London also had the highest number of deals struck for even more expensive “ultra-prime” homes last year. Thirty-one homes worth more than $25m (£18.2m) were sold in the capital, beating Hong Kong where 23 similarly valued homes were bought, and Los Angeles with 16.
These figures contrast with “normal” house price trends in the capital. Last week Nationwide published figures for the first three months of 2021 showing that London was the UK’s weakest performer.
Liam Bailey, the global head of research at Knight Frank, said: “London’s super-prime residential market shrugged off Brexit and even looked through the pandemic – confirming the UK capital as the world’s leading wealth destination. After five years of price falls, the capital is set for a reset and the latest numbers from Knight Frank’s super-prime data confirm that London is on top of the world.”
Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/12/londons-super-prime-luxury-property-market-was-world-leader-in-2020 (12 April 2021)
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